Which to use
“votent” and “votons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,610
- “votent” frequency rank
- #41,069
- “votons” frequency rank
- 51679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votent | votons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter. |
Where the eye mixes votent and votons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. votent and votons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: votent vs votons
A purely visual mix-up. votent (\vɔt\) and votons (\vɔ.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
votent is recorded at frequency rank #10,610, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔt\. votons is at rank #41,069, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.tɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51679, this pair ranks #153,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votent vs votons
Shared letters: notv. Private to "votent": e. Private to "votons": s.
"votent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "votons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "votent" and "votons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "votent" or "votons"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "votent" and "votons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "votent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votent" and "votons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visons vs votons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #153,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.